While I love the look of the upswept, I only ran it for a few months. To me it was too loud and blatty. It never had the sound I wanted so now I'm back to running a Electra muffler that looks and sounds great. I don't know about he EFI silencer but it's very much like what I have, I think it's English made so the quality would be better.

r80rt, did the Electra muffler fit right on? It doesn't mention being a fit for the C5/G5 but I could see where it would be fine. As long as the pipe is the same diameter and the hanger bracket is in the same spot what's not to fit? Oh, and it looks a little shorter than the EFI silencer.

I have to say, I kinda like the look of the stock bazooka. It reminds me of either an old model or old picture of a bike I saw with a huge, long muffler. I also like the cat, green is good, but I wouldn't be opposed to it growling a little more.

r80rt, did the Electra muffler fit right on? It doesn't mention being a fit for the C5/G5 but I could see where it would be fine. As long as the pipe is the same diameter and the hanger bracket is in the same spot what's not to fit? Oh, and it looks a little shorter than the EFI silencer.

I have to say, I kinda like the look of the stock bazooka. It reminds me of either an old model or old picture of a bike I saw with a huge, long muffler. I also like the cat, green is good, but I wouldn't be opposed to it growling a little more.

I made a shim out of a piece of old antenna pole to take up the difference in pipe sizes, and I had to drill a hole 3/4 on an inch lower in the rear bracket, other than that it was pretty easy, I also used a universal heat shield to cover the joint. it's a little louder than stock and thumps nicely, and the performance increase is noticeable.

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I´m very satisfied with both sound and look. When fastening the screws and nuts, however, toothed washers should be used, otherwise they will vibrate off.For 300 USD for the upsweep silencer you should awaite a flawless item with eternal life. For 90 USD for the installment a Thai massage should be included

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Wow, dont pay $90 to get it installed. Its very easy, assuming it was actually made for the bike, not like the megaphone I got from nfield. I have the EFI and it required minor modification to fit (which in my experience is normal for RE parts).

Wow, dont pay $90 to get it installed. Its very easy, assuming it was actually made for the bike, not like the megaphone I got from nfield. I have the EFI and it required minor modification to fit (which in my experience is normal for RE parts).

Yeah, I agree with you. Thanks!

When I bought the pillion I was told that the shop had a devil of a time getting the demo pillion on the red C5. So I knew it wouldn't be a bolt on job. Probably took 45 minutes. So I'll tackle the Upswept job myself and be patient with the time it takes.